Reading Workshop

Reading Workshop is a method of teaching students how to read by immersing them in the reading process. Click on the links below for resources related to the reading workshop:

• 9 Ways to Add Spark and Simplicity to Readers' Workshop: http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2013/03/12/tln_allen_spark.html?tkn=RLXF%2FIAiQfk%2Fg9cn9C3cUpH0MdYjcM1mihJa&cmp=ENL-TU-NEWS2
• The Architecture of Reading Workshop - Grades K-2 - Click on this title for a Prezi presentation with tips and strategies for designing your Reading Workshop in grades K through 2.
• Balanced Literacy - Grades 3-5 - Click on this title for a Prezi presentation with tips and strategies for designing your Reading Workshop in grades 3 through 5.
• The Reading Workshop: http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/literacy/reading_workshop.html
• Reading Workshop Strategies: http://www.lauracandler.com/strategies/readingworkshop.php
• Units of Study by Content from Woodburn Schools - This is a Web site recommended by Keri Costa, a teacher in Killingly who was visited by Stanton teachers. This Web site has a wealth of resources on Reading Workshop. If you click on Reading under the Core Content column, you'll find Reading Units of Study for Kindergarten through High School. If you scroll to the bottom of the Reading page, you'll find a link to Lucy Calkins' A Curricular Plan for the Reading Workshop.

Reading Workshop Videos

• Reading and Writing for Resiliency: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=166880
• The Reading Workshop Today with Lucy Calkins: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=173607

Reading Workshop Posters

When Billie Shea and other Norwich teachers visited Killingly, they saw Readers Workshop in action. Click on the links below to see teacher-made posters from a Grade 1 classroom in Killingly:

• Nonfiction Text Structure Poster
• Partners Poster
• Reading Goals Poster
• Show Your Thinking Poster
• Stamina Poster
• Using Text Features to Successfully Navigate Nonfiction Texts
• Writing Poster